Smyrna times., 1887-11-02
Maryland Items.

Partridge shooting began Monday in
Kent county.
F. G. Slemmer, of Marydell, is can
ming sweet potatoes.
A horse disease, supposed to be spin
al meningitis, is prevalent near ElktOn.
The barn of VIM. S. Hitching. near
Elkton, was set on fire and two mules
and two horses stolen.
Mr.. Benjamin Wells completes his
tttieth year on Monday as railroad
ticket agent at Elkton, Md.
Francis J. Hayman, a Worcester
county farmer, committed suicide Fri
day by cutting his throat.
Judge Wicks at Chestertown. on Fri
day sentenced Isaac Baker. colored.
convicted of manslaughter, to the pen
itentiary.
The people of Maryland will vote at
the November election upon the ques-
ton of calling a new constitutional
convention.
Handy Rayne, cOlored, has been SEN
fenced to ten years in the penitentiary
for assaulting Col. Dericks0n at Berlin,
Worcester county.
Francis ]. Hayman. a well-to-do
farmer, living about nine miles from
Salisbury, in Worcester county, COM
mitted suicide on Friday last.
The Rev. J. D. Kemp and wife, of
the M. E. church of Chestertown, eel
ebrated their twenty or silver ami
versary on last Friday evening.
Baltimore Democrats succeeded in
electing LatrObe Mayor on Wednesday
by over 1000 majority, almost double
what he received two years ago.
We understand that Rev. w. ]. D.
Lucas, of Burrsville, owing to poor
health, cOntemplates abandoning the
active ministerial work and will move
to Denton Union.
The Tunis Lumber Company was
Incorporated on Monday. The incOr-
poratOrs are w. w, Tunis,
TheOphelus Tunis, Edwin L. Tunis
II. Clay Tunis and Samuel Eccles, ir.
The capital stock is $25O,OOO.
Handy Rayne, colored, who was
convicted of assaulting Colonel Derrick
son, states attorney for Worcester
county, about a month ago, near his
home at Berlin, was sentenced at Snow
Hill on Friday to ten years in the
penitentiary.
Sarah Bradshaw, colored, has been
found guilty of murder in the second
Oh q
charged with poisoning her grand
mother last spring, with whom she
lived, near MillingtOn, Kent county.
Sentenced to IA years in prison.
A building boom has struck Hen
derssn. Three sets of carpenters are
at work upon as many buildings. J. E.
Wilson is building a new residence and
W. NJ. Price is having his dwelling re-
paired. w. A. HolbroOk, of Denton.
is having new store built there.
Messrs. Hubbard & Brother, of Eas-
ton, well known as manufacturers of
standard commercial fertilizers, have
made their arrangements to establish
next year at EastOn a large packing
establishment for canning tomatoes,
corn ana peaches specially, and other
vegetables and fruits generally.
Miss Elizabeth HUMPHREYS, daugh-
ter Of DIR. Jerome H. Hardcastle of
CeciltOn, Md. was married on We'd
nesday evening to Joel Parker Critten-
den, member of Union Trust Com
pany of Philadelphia. The ceremony
was performed at the residence of the
brides parents by the Rev. Mr.. Daner
of Philadelphia. The bride was hand
sOmely attired in white silk, with
train and veil. The bridesmaids were
Misses Adelaide, Ella and Alice Hard
castle, sisters of the bride, and s. Bet
tie Knight, daughter of Deputy Col
lectOr William Knight of Baltimore.
The best man was Edward Crittenden
Of Philadelphia, a brother of the groom.
The groOmsmen were Messrs. Ian
caster FOxen and Frank Crittenden of
Philadelphia and A. Hardcastle of
GreenbOrOugh, Md.